Happy birthday, Jackie and Happy Trails, John

Today would be the 90th birthday of Jackie Robinson and we stopped to celebrate this great day today with the second annual celebration at Dodger Stadium on the eve of Black History Month. Nearly 100 local youngsters came to the ballpark and heard first-hand stories from Jackie’s old teammates and friends to ensure that his story lives on forever.

While we’re fortunate enough to have people like Don Newcombe, Tommy Davis, and Sweet Lou Johnson, among others, who can tell today’s kids what life was like for them back during the Civil Rights movement (and before it), we know that won’t always be the case so making sure that these kids hear it first-hand ensures that they can tell their grandkids that they heard it straight from those who experienced it…

Meanwhile, this evening at Dodger Stadium, we’re hosting a retirement party for the AP’s John Nadel. As Jerry Crowe of the LA Times wrote earlier this week, John is one of the few newspaper people who have left on their own terms of late, as that industry continues to take hit after hit. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard anyone say a bad word about John, who has covered our team for several decades. He’s always been far more concerned with getting the story right rather than getting it first, and he’s been a class act in every way. We’ll miss having him around the stadium next year. Congrats, John!

Thanks Josh, Happy 90th birthday Jackie, John thank you and enjoy the retirement years.
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Today I was fortunate to have tuned in to hear the likes of Sweet Lou Johnson talk about Jackie Robinson and what he meant to him . He said without Jackie there was no Tommy Davis and with out Tommy there wer’nt three rings on his finger. Hug Tommy for me also Lou. I got to hear Tommy Davis talk about having a locker in the Yankees clubhouse as a kid and working out with them. He was feeling obligated to sign with the Yankees until his boyhood hero, Jackie Robinson gave him a call asking him to be a Dodger.
That was enough Tommy Davis is a Dodger. I truly enjoyed Don Newcombe talking about the early years with Jackie and Roy Campenella. How Branch Rickey was going to meet his maker one day and wanted to set things right first. He told the story of how Roy Campenella was the first black manager in baseball after taking control of a game on the managers request, when the manager was booted from the game. How all three of these men and all of us were forever indebted to the great #42. Newcombe spoke of what it meant to wear the Dodgers across your chest, and how important it was to wear that with pride. We are in and among the nations best in doing so.
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Happy birthday again Jackie Robinson and Thank you once more To all of the great Dodgers that have displayed the Dodger pride across thier chest. Lets give Sweet Lou another ring for his finger in 2009!!!!!
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GO DODGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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THE QUEST FOR # 7 BEGAN TODAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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DODGER PRIDE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From the last thread……Good luck, nelly, with your school budget issues. We here in Utah are lucky because the Governor has made it a priority to cut education little if at all. I truly enjoy your posts on the goings-on inside your classroom. Your love for the kids and passion for teaching rings loud and clear throughout. You are, indeed, blessed to be working in a profession you love so much. Without a doubt, the vast majority of your students will remember what you’ve given them long after they’ve left your classroom….It was good to see a post from Alex. Regarding Manny, I agree that 3 years with a 4th year option would get it done and have said so here previously…..HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACKIE AND GOOD LUCK, JOHN!!!!! Thanks, Nelly, for the Baseball America link on the D’s prospects. Frank needs to show he’s committed to building from within and it starts by paying Andre what he’s worth. Or, according to BA, “Andrew Ethier”….Would like to see Arizona win the Super Bowl tomorrow but, if I was placing a bet, I’d bet on Pittsburg. The rich will probably get richer. I hope, at least, the game is a entertaining one and not one where the commercials are the most interesting part.

Good evening, still at work…long day…The top 10 list, I love the Minor Leaguers…Lambo is a beast…His confidence level is so high, he knows he will succeed, that is one of his strengths, he is not intimidated by anyone…As I have said before I had the opportunity to see him in person and talk to him…The attitude is not an issue. He is a very humble but extremely competitive young man…Thank God the other clubs did not do their homework..great job Logan and crew…

Lindblom was just signed when I was up in Midland and I got to watch a bullpen and he had a very live arm and he also was a very humble young man. They think he will move fast.

I am hoping most of the Ogden team will move up to Midland with my man Busty…they hit the snot out of the ball in Ogden…Gordon, Kyle Russell, Anthony Delmonico (his numbers were crazy) , Matt Wallach, Pedro Baez hopefully he will be ready to move up to Midland….

Have we signed Manny yet!!!! I was reading Olney and he said the Dodgers are trying not to offend Manny by coming in too low after their first offer, because Manny may get mad and sign with the Giants…

Do not keep playing games NEDFRANK….You only get a true game changer once a generation or so…and you see what everyone says how he was such a positive influence on the Young boys!!!!

I, too, like the Minor Leaguers. I’m hoping that some of our better prospects, like DeJesus, make it to Albuquerque this season so I can see them in person when they come to Salt Lake. Lambo has a chance to be something really special but he’s probably a year or 2 away. The key will be how he starts off in AA early this season as to how quickly he gets to LA.

I am very happy that New York hasn’t forgotten Jackie Robinson.
It will be great to walk through the Mets’ Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citifield. As a lifetime Dodger fan from Brooklyn, even though they moved to Los Angeles, I am proud of the Rotunda, that will resemble the Ebbet’s Field Rotunda.
Besides being a great crusader Jackie was a great ballplayer.
I became a Dodger fan at the age of 8 in 1946 just before he broke the color line. I was rooting for him and he’s my favorite player of all time.

We can only hope. They asked the kids to name one of the Dodgers today at the Jackie robinson event. The 1st answer was Manny 🙂
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SIGN MANNY SOON!!!!!!!
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PAY DRE!!!!!!!
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BRING THE RING IN 2009!!!!!
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GO DODGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SHOW YOUR PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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original song Chicken Fried by: The Zac Brown Band.
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DODGER PRIDE :
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You know I’ve got Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
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Well I was raised up beneath a place they call Chavez Ravine
The Dodgers home you know
Farmer John, Dodger Dogs, and me
Where my spirit grows
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In my house, its all we can talk about
and its filled with love, thats grown on hallowed ground
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And a little bit of Dodger pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
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I’d like to look up high
See a Dodgers championhip flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
And know were not done
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It’s funny how it’s the little things in life that mean the most
Not where you live, what you drive
Or the price tag on your clothes
Theres no dollar sign on a piece of mind
This I’ve come to know
So if you’ll agree, Have a drink with me
raise your glasses for a toast
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To a little bit of Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
a pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
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I’d like to look up high
See a Dodgers championship flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
And know were not done
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I thank God for my life
And for the Stars and Stripes
May freedom forever fly, Let it ring
Salute the ones who die
The ones who give thier lives
So we dont have to sacrifice, all the things we love
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Like our Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
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I’d like to look up high
See a Dodgers championship flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
And know were not done
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Like a Dodger Pride
Cold beer on opening night
A pair of seats way out in right
Vin and the radio on
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I’d like to look up high
See a Dodgers championship flag fly
Feel the touch of a series ring
and know were not done
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GO DODGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS DODGER4LIFE!!! I am so happy I am the first one this morning that gets to respond to this song. I absolutely love the original song (like you didn’t already know that). This song rocks Dodger4life, both versions…………………………………………..JUST AWESOME!!!!!!

Good Morning ITD readers and writers!!!!!!
I hope everyone has a Spectacular Super Bowl Sunday.

Cafardo mentioned Manny Ramirez to Omar Minaya and Minaya laughed it off saying, “We’ll look into adding some offense, but only if it makes sense.”
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This is the same thing the Giants said. So basically if the Dodgers really want him we are out but if….
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We Really want him dont we Frank 🙂

The 3b coach has come out in the press saying we need/want Manny.
The Manager has come out in the press saying we want Manny
The GM has come out in the press saying we want Manny.
The Fans have come out to say we want Manny.
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Frank, you hearing this?

ramslover ~ I think Bynum won’t be out like he was last year. The tests done were negative………..so I hope that is a positive. lol
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.I think Frank is deaf, dumb and blind!!!! Much too busy showing himself off as half of the super couple!!!

So Andre’s only bad month was June, and if memory serves me correctly, he was getting jerked in and out of the line up because of Andruw, couldn’t hit worth crap, Jones and our current Garden Gnome, aka noodle arm. So, Ramslover, to answer your question of who is this Andre guy, he’s one he’ll of a ball player who happens to play Right Field for the Dodgers and is currently getting screwed by Dodger management.

I don’t think there’s any doubt that Bowa, Torre, Ned, the fans, Ethier, Martin, AND Frank all want Manny back. The real question is…does Manny want L.A. back? And if he does, at what price? Or more to the point, at what price will BORAS grace us with his client’s presence?

LOS ANGELES (AP) – In a stunning announcement, Dodger’s general manager Ned Colletti today told reporters that he has ended his pursuit of Manny Ramirez and has named Juan Pierre as his starting left fielder. “Juan has been doing strength training all winter and has bulked up to 185 1/2. We’re anxious to see what that’s done for his game” Colletti said. Juan Pierre commented, “I’ve been weight training and working out with the South Valley L.L., and I don’t see why this year I can’t hit two, maybe three home runs if I play everyday.”

“Any player that can double, even triple his previous year’s power numbers is someone we want out there day in and day out” said Colletti. “There’s no way Manny could do that.”

Colletti also hinted that Pierre, known as noodlearm on many blogs sites, will try a new technique in left field which reporters speculate to be running the ball in rather than throwing it. An unnamed source who wishes to remain anonymous told AP, “its been working against the SVLL, so we’re going to give it a whirl in real game situations. He’s a professional and his speed is very important to us. I, I mean, they really gave him the business last year, but we’re gonna start fresh again this season… and **** David Wells.”

Speculation also abounds as to whether or not Tanyon Sturtze will be named opening day starter since his re-signing several days ago. “We’ve got Sturtze, Estes and Vargas to choose from… that’ll all be up to Joe [Torre] and his staff to figure out” Colletti pontificated.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the stock market today, paper bag converters shares rose dramatically for the 21st day in a row, closing at an all time high.

In response to the lawsuit, Mr. Bowa was heard to say, “#%$^ the McCourt’s and the ^&*^%*#$ horse they rode in on. They wouldn’t know their #%(*& from a hole in the ground. I’d ^%&#^&% knock his !#@$^&) head off if the $&^^#% was here now.”

It’s said the McCourts are anxiously awaiting the court’s decision in their Malibu mansion(s), though when last seen, Jamie was heard laughing in her Mercedes all the way to Wells Fargo.

Comedy writer Jerry Perisho, on the Bellflower woman who gave birth to octuplets: “Eight kicking, screaming Southern California babies? Throw in a washed up pitcher and you’d pretty much have the Dodgers.”

Good evening ITD…The Cards and Warner played a hell of a ballgame and if they did not such dumb mistakes they would be SB champs…

Oh well, I see that nothing has happened on the Manny front…This is so unbelievable…you need him, he needs you,,so just get it done…..

PS I love Andre also…..Sign him NOW..this is a young man you want to be with your team along time…He was shafted out of ST last year and could have sulked and pouted, but he did not and he became the best hitter on the team, not named Manny. He is a community guy and plays hard..Do not play McCheap with him…

I see that junkyardjamie made an appearance today and appears to be taking on my Ethieraholic status and is sounding an awful lot like me. Brownpaperbag – is it you, formerly known as enchanted? 🙂 I am just kidding brownpaperbag. My identities are getting crossed and I am having a hard time knowing which personality will show up next. I guess without fleamarketfrank and costamesaned, junkyardjamie is just lost and needed to come out somehow through nellyjune. Maybe she’s afraid of losing all her spending money to FranknNed and the desire to get Manny, give Andre his extra million and get that extra SP we seem to be needing right now. These are even more reason Frank needs to stop this madness and get these guys signed so our ITD identities can be restored back to their former selves. Please Frank……..just do it!!!

bpb – I see nothing happened to your mind while spending time in the Rain Forest. Very nice!!!

joepierre – I saw your question up above. Nellyjune has been my account name for some time. It just never appeared in the “by line.” I tried to change it back a while ago after the whole “Leave It to Beaver” June Darlin’ thing kind of stuck. It was only recently in trying to change it again, that I got that name back. Pretty much you have to go in and create another mlblog account using a different e-mail account. So, for instance through my computer at home, I have one account for ITD/Dodger stuff and one account for just me being Debra. Then I also have a school account, which I was using when I first started posting here on ITD. However, having the three different accounts lead to my idenitity crisis today (nellyjune/junkyardjamie). I was blogging from my phone from my daughter’s volleyball tournament, and I forgot about the change in accounts. In a round about way to answer your question, you need to get a different e-mail address and then sign up for a new mlblog account. Now, others on here have changed their names also and maybe it wasn’t so difficult for them. It took me well over 7 months to get nellyjune on here finally.

Good Evening Ward Dear……. How are you doing? Boy!! Am I glad to see you………….. You weren’t kidding about the cookies. I made two batches just like you said to the letter ~ one batch we took to Mariya’s volleyball tournament and one batch I left here for the boys. Well, let me first say……………I have never been much for actually eating the cookie dough itself (other than tasting for salt,etc.), but Oh My God! – it was the best cookie dough I have ever tasted. Then the whole first one out of the oven thing – even better!!! Okay, the first batch goes to the volleyball tournament and they are pretty much gone by the time their second match starts, which was around 10 am, and the rest were finished off during their lunch break and it was the adults as well as the teenagers eating them. Side note : Mariya’s team got first place in today’s tournament, which was a great confidence builder. The reason I say today’s tournament is that this tournament just ranks them for future tournaments. You didn’t really win anything for getting first other than the satifisfaction that you left the building better than the other 16 teams there. Anyhow, back to cookies. We get home after meeting the boys for dinner and the remainder of the SuperBowl ( a very happy Michael BTW) and there are but a half dozen cookies left from the 2nd batch. They took them down to the academy for the boys down there and they are all gone too. So, a couple more lessons learned about your cookie recipe…….if you want some for yourself, you need to hide them, and if you plan on making more than one batch and you don’t want to end up eating all of them yourself (or your family), then you better have a place for them to go.

Hi Junie! That’s fantastic about Mariya’s volleyball team! First place! Congratulations!! As you say, that works wonders for confidence. Once you start winning and you start believing in yourselves, the sky’s the limit!

It sounds like you did the cookies right. If it wasn’t for the raw egg, I’d probably eat half the batter! When I take them to my in-laws’ house, my father-in-law always hides some of them for himself ’cause the grandkids are on them like ducks on a junebug (no offense!).

LOL!!! no offense taken. I have screwed up my name plenty today all by myself. Yes, it was good to see them win today because how the matches work is it’s the best two of of three, well the last two matches went three games, and the last one they were down 6 points, with the other team only needing two points to win, and came back and won. This is so much better than years past……..all the girls are playing and they are all having fun. This group of parents are very good too, quiet and just there for support, no “out there”parents who are trying to coach from the sidelines.

Good evening ITD boys and girls!
Well, I’m not the biggest football fan, but I am a fan. And since neither my husband or myself are Steeler fans (sorry to any Steeler fans out there) we definitely wanted to see Arizona win. And they almost did! It was an exciting game! I thought that the Arizona defense would’ve held the Steelers on that that last drive to nothing, but that didn’t happen. Oh well, at least the Steelers weren’t playing our Packers today.

So Nelly, you ARE junkyardjamie! I thought you were! Does anyone know when Andre’s arbitration hearing is? I’m pretty sure that a contract can still be agreed upon right up to the arbitration date. I am still holding out hope that he’ll get signed without going to arbitration. FRANK AND NED: PAY ANDRE!!!

No, we didn’t. We ended up staying home and watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid from Netflix. We’ve been doing a lot of that lately, seeing things that we’ve either missed in the theaters or a classic that we haven’t seen in a long time. Matt’s been into westerns lately, ever since seeing 3:10 to Yuma. We watched The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence the other night. Next up is The Last Emporer.

So Andre’s hearing is on the 17th, huh? Nelly, I am 99.9% positive that you and junkyardjamie are one and the same! I’ll keep believe that until someone tells me otherwise! 🙂

Hey Eric, I’m doing fine. I just really wanted Arizona to win tonight, but it just didn’t happen. But my husband and I were wondering on that very last play of the game if Warner’s arm wasn’t going forward and thus it was an incomplete pass. We thought for sure that the booth would review that, but they didn’t. It’s too bad that the game ended on that note.

Hey Sara! How are ya girl? Are you (or any other ITDer) planning on going to any of the public caravan events this week? Again, I may go to the lunch, but it depends on if I have more pressing plans that day – ya know, like an interview???

Ah, Nelly, now I get it! See, I was able to get one name right! I still have troubles with the others and I am sure that the other “paper bags” have more familiar names, but don’t ask me to figure it out! I don’t know!

….well CP, when FranknNed do their job and get these boys in blue looking like the Dodger team we thought would be a no-brainer to get ready for this upcoming season, the bags will come off and they will become their normal ITD selves again hopefully.

I was rooting for AZ, and was glad that it was a good game. We used to have so many of these Superbowls that were clunkers. Now we’ve had a few in a row that were very exciting. But as I said, I think the Steelers were very fortunate. Their last TD was a gift.

And the officials did review the last play, cp. As much as I wanted it to be an incomplete pass, it was a fumble. His arm hadn’t started moving forward yet.

I was a good mom and stayed neutral during this game. When my team is not involved, I am usually one that pulls for the underdog team, but I just sat quietly and let the best team win. Now onto the real thing – Dodger Baseball with some NASCAR thrown in there.

Speaking of NASCAR Ward Dear……one of the grandparents of one of the girls’ from another team we know pretty well is leaving for Daytona tomorrow in their RV……two weeks there and two weeks back. I was just a tad jealous.

Every replay but one, sara. There was a shot that they had, ground-level, from behind the Steeler’s offense. Until I saw that replay, I thought he got them both down. I have a DVR and replayed it several times. His right toe leaves the ground just before he catches the ball and never hits the ground again. I didn’t have any money on the game and I’ve never given two hoots for the Arizona Cardinals or the Pittsburgh Steelers. I’m as neutral as you can get. The TD shouldn’t have counted, but it’s over and it’s in the books. So be it.

Yeah Nelly, we’d ALL like to see Frank and Ned do their job the right way. Do you think there’s any chance that they will? To me, this off season isn’t what I thought it’d be up to know…

You’ll never tell unknown? Well, would you believe me if I have a good idea? Or would you think that I’m blowing smoke up your *** and really don’t know???

paperbagblues – Okay, you’ve given me a clue – the name you took on in Enchanted’s absence. Again, I know Enchanted is AKA brownpaperbag, but Enchanted, are you also paperbagblues? Hmmm. Let me think…

Dodger4life – I’m fine. Thx for still praying for me! Boy, I’ve got some REALLY good friends here on ITD! I know Dodger Stadium is far for some of you (ID, NM, NY, UT…) but I REALLY would LOVE to meet all of you at our ITD tour! And now that we know it’s going to be sometime during the season, maybe Josh can hook us up on some tickets!

Well, I am far off from that stage of life where I can just go away for a month…………how much fun would that be though – just a blast I would imagine. I have no doubts you will be there some day,and I will be very jealous but very happy for you too 🙂

paperbagblues – I did have another thought. Perhaps you’re trublue? I just figured if you “changed” your name, you wanted to keep some part of your more familiar name! Am I right? Are you going to tell? Again, I wouldn’t be surprised if you are Enchanted AKA brownpaperbag! But again, I could be very far off and be someone like, I don’t know, bluecrewgirl?

Okay Dodger4life, are you one of the paper bags? Perhaps you’re imsobluepaperbag or paperbagblues. I’m thinking maybe you are one of these since you live in ID and don’t get as much of an opportunity to make it out here to DS for games, so you’re blue that you can’t see your beloved Dodgers. Am I right?

Ah, but Nelly, I’m having a lot of fun trying to figure this out! It’s a game to me! But I agree with you that Frank and Ned need to do the right thing! But it is a scary thought to rely on these two. We may be in a perpetual forest of paper bags for a long time!

I love that number Dodger4life!!! Did you see Shepherd’s post when he posted all of Andre’s stats by month for last season. He did a fabulous job all season with the exception of June, in which he only had 77 ABs compared to the high 80s and 90’s in all the other months.

That’s what I thought. When I add the “tags”, all the other ones that start with the same letter pop up as an aid. But yours didn’t. I could have sworn you’d done one. Great first effort. Your first one, our 474th! Well, make that 473. Lucy’s picture wasn’t a song!

Good Night ITD,Dodgerfaithful, I need to put my personalities to bed.
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Tommorrow is another day. May we have some good news.
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Have a fabulous monday everyone .
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11 day’s till pitchers and catchers report 🙂
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God Bless Us All and God Bless The USA 🙂

She’s doing ok, I guess. She seems to be pretty smart, so there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. She is absolutely the most voracious eater I’ve ever seen! It’s a floor show to watch her go at it! And if there’s any single guys out there who want to meet women, get a bassett puppy! She’s a chick magnet!

Dodgereric – That is hilarious about he girl thing. Does that mean that Matt has had a bunch of girls over now that you have Lucy – LOL!!! She is adorable, but having three dogs myself, I know it’s more than just being cute.

Perhaps. Most likely we just have to get through the puppy stage though.

Well, I think I better turn in. We have a long week ahead of us. We’re driving to AZ Wednesday for a funeral on Thursday and I have to get in about 4 days of work in the next 2, so I need to get some sleep.

Good night to you and yours, June Darlin’! And to any and all Dodger fans still hanging around!

I half-expected Manny to sign this weekend to steal some of the NFL’s thunder! Maybe this will be the week the paint will finally dry.

Good Morning ITD ~ So glad football season is over (well I guess we still have the never watched Pro Bowl), now, let’s all concentrate on Dodger Baseball. Please Frank, get things done this week……………sign Andre, sign Manny and get us a pitcher.

Morning Tru!
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Eric – I’m afraid its just puppydom until Lucy gets her permanent teeth and learns to control the bite force. ‘Bout all you can do for Chris is have her wear long sleeves and wait until then.

I wouldn’t worry about ‘Dre, they’ve got two weeks to hash out a contract. I don’t believe Ned’s regime has ever gotten all the way to arbitration. Even if it did, he’d bungle it somehow and ‘Dre would get his money. Unless you put up numbers like Howard that can get away with an outrageous amount, I’m sure ‘Dre’s people went a little high, Ned a little low so that they could meet somewhere near the middle.

G’mornin’ e, er, bpb! Thanks for the wisdom, you weren’t kidding about either the gluttony or the whining! It’s almost like she talks to us sometimes. Sure looks like she’s going to be a great dog though! She’s really quite smart.

If I remember correctly, Ned and Ethier Darlin’ are about a million apart. It sure seems to me that they should be able to find a middle ground there somewhere. What I am not going to want to hear is that Ned would use his numbers as a tool for justifying the lower figure when it was the idiot Torre who kept him on the bench for Juanpy!

Just wondering, now that the Super Bowl is over, how long they are going to discuss what we all saw?! So far, on ESPN, that is the only thing they are talking about. Good grief, I wish the World Series would get that much attention.

..oh and as far as Andre, I am pretty confident all things will work out. However, right now, I have nothing else to really complain about…….well, there’s Manny and a SP, but we have plenty speaking their minds about that 🙂

My bassett has gray circles around her eyes now. Still healthy as a horse though.

Imagine my disappointment when I come home to find that all Ned did while I was gone was add Ausmus (everyone needs a 40 year old catcher) and Sturtze. Seems pretty safe bringing “Who Dat?” and the brown paper bag back to life this season. In previous offseasons, Frank & Furter at least made an attempt, albeit foolish ones, to better the club. Schmidt, Pierre, Nomar, Jones we’re bad pick-ups, but at least it showed some interest. Loretta, Ausmus, Vargas, Estes, Mota and Sturtze as a group are pathetic at best and an airsick bag at worst. Not replacing Lowe and Manny (at this point since he’s not signed) with like players is a slap in the face to every Dodger fan who lays down their hard earned money for tickets, parking, concessions and souvenirs.

But at least Frank’s got two houses in Malibu and another pair ’round Beverly Hills to show for his success…
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And we’ve got Loretta, Ausmus, Vargas, Estes, Mota and Sturtze to show for ours.

Doesn’t give you much confidence in management’s abilities to run a baseball team, does it? Frank better get his priorities straight or he may have to sell one of his mansions. The fans are pretty smart and they will show their comtempt…………..at least, I hope they do!

Now, now, c’mon youse guys! Ned reminds us that the rosters in the offseason are not the ones we go to war with, and he’s right! After all, he’s still got all of spring training and all of the regular season to pick through the dumpsters! There’s no telling WHO we might end up with! Why, just look for yourself! You can use MLB.com to look at the depth charts of all the other teams! Just for instance, check out that 3rd string catcher for the Mariners – http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=453531
Career OBP of .129! Unfortunately, he’s only 29 years old so he’s waaaaaaaaay too young. But he might just be there for the taking when Ausmus gets a hernia or something.

Patience, comrades, patience. Ned is playing this like a guy in the parking lot looking for tickets. The closer to game time, the better the price. I still believe Manny will be a Dodger by Spring Training, as will some hack arm like Wolf or Sheets. And don’t forget, whatever the Dodgers do, we can all unite in our absolute hope that the Yankee$ fall flat on their collective a$$e$.

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